THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
plenty of ac-] CHARABANCS AND Jed the traffic on most of our roads, beamed cars, with
making its effective control ex-celeration and "safety-first" brake- So long as power, are his ideal. They have THE ROADS.
ceedingly diMcult. motor traffic, consisted of private few accidents, they do not get in cars, a few longdistanco omnibuses, other people's way, and they keep When motor-coaches began to and a small percentage of lorries, the trafie-stream moving. there was no need for special re-
carriages carrying thirty and mero passen- gulations. The great majority of rival the rathways and huge cars mechanically-propelled were easily handled, they accelerat-gers filled the roads, the situation cd easily and they were stopped changed rapidly. These immense ensity. They took up small space, coaches are, in comparison with Individually, and they were light.other traffic, unwieldy, and, in eer- for other road-users. They have They formed, in fact, highly "fluid" tain circumstances, none too safe trafic.
not, cannot have, either the same
The New Regulations. Although its effects will not be generally apparent for over twelve months, the Order which has recent ly come into operation in England is perhaps the most welcome of any of the regulations governing road trafic which have been draft- ed since automobile transport be- gan. It is scarcely too much to, say that it is, going to save the by-roads for the nation.
The popularity of the motor coach and its rapid growth within the past few years have transform,
The fact that their average speed tended to increase with the years helped rather than hindered the problem of traffic regulations. Any point-duty pollerman anywhere will thut. Agile, narrow- estify to
ONLY A TOY, BUT IT WORKS.
Built just for amusement, but Frank Waller of Indian- apolis put it together, and he runs it too. It has a 10-horse- power, 4-cylinder motorcycle engine, can go 30 miles an hour and can make 35 miles on a gallon of gas.
wide
stop-
Bwift acceleration or
are and they ning powers.
long for and far too
Any driver the smaller roads. of any sort of vehicle can tell of disagreeable moments experienced when meeting a big charabanc on a twisting by-road in counties like Devon or Suffolk or Surrey. Theref have been accidents entirely due to the fact that these huge machines are totally unsuited to the ronds The they are permitted to use. plain fact is that they are much too big for England.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
THOUSANDS OF PUNCTURES.
NEA
This exhibit is part of the 10,000 pieces of metal that were picked up in five months by the tyres of several railway They ranged from tiny tacks to buses in Cleveland, Ohio. a nine-inch length of spring leaf, proving that the streets
are still full of things that are dangerous to tyres.
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4-SEATER COUPE.
Popular Studebaker Model.
The increasing popularity of the. four passenger coupo is reflected in
It
MANY TESTS MADE.
Between 7000 and 8000 samples of road materials are tested each year in the engineering labora tories of the Kansas State Agricul- tural College.
the announcement of the new Dircement for small parcels," etc., behind tor Sport Coupe by The Studebaker the squab of the dr r's seat and Corporation of America. The new a storage space for olf bags and model will appeal to motorists who light luggage. This compartment. desire a smart, compact yet roomy is easily accessible through a door. car for sport or town use.
opening on the right side of the embodies the intimacy of a two body in front of the rear mudguard. Other features that show thought passenger coupe with the additional room offered by a comfortable on the part of the designers are
found in dickey seat for an extra twosome.
The full-vision steel body is between finished in two harmonizing shades and
the the the rear
rear
window driver's Beat deck, which of green-Croatan green around the can be lowered to permit maximum upper half and Eex Elder green ventilation or conversation with the below, with a belt of blue deftly pin-passengers in the dickey sent. But. striped in yellow. The colour har- one key is required for the coinct- mony is carried out in the interior dental lock for steering and Igni- by green mohair upholstery with tion, the doors, spare tyre carrier, brondlace trim.
rear deck, and small door into the Ample comfort for the full quota storage compartment. of passengers is afforded by the wide deeply cushioned front seat;
The Sport Coupe is mounted on without Director
OLD CARS JUNKED. MOTOR CARS IN 1926. on which three find mfortable out powered with the famous Stude
The question of closing certain roads to charabane traffic has al- ways been diMcult. While it is ob- víqus, that any road much less than Kansas City dealers have or- 20 ft. wide
"inadequate ganized a central wrecking company for vehicles of these dimen- which would junk cara traded in sions, the rights of the public on new automobiles, but unsuited It is their way of solv. must be considered. Many for resale.
of the best-known beauty-spots of ing the used car problem. Great Britain are approached by little better than lanes, and the charabane is the 'public tour-
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Statistics Show by World Increase.
POOR ITALIAN MARKET.
Throughout the world, during ing car, forbidding it access to wheeled cars. When a heavy load 1926, the passenger cars, buses, them savours too much of Italian is distributed over three axles and trucks in use increased by Fascism. The new regulations instead of two, the road-surface about 3,061.018 units. A careful seem likely to solve. that particu-benefits, and with it the pocket of survey of world production of these! same types of vehicles during 1926 measure ratepayer. Any lar difficulty, and to go far to-the wards straightening out the worst adopted with a view to preserving indicates that the total was close the road-surface as long as pas: to 5.091.474. The evident conclu- of our country traffic tangles.
There may be more charabanes,sible is a definite gain. If this sign is that during last year. but they will be of a more fluid" concession of the Ministry's en-2.030,466 automobiles, or almost 40 type, and no longer the terror of courages designers to build six per cent. of those produced were the country lanes nor the dispro-wheeled coaches instead of four, required to replace those worn out,
service during the year 1925. portionale obstacle they now are so much the better for our roads or for other reasons retired from on the main roads.
-especially those we follow The Minister of Transport is our travels of pleasure-in years. well inspired in recommending less to come. Ex.
for six stringent regulations
The ERSKINE SIX ...a Fine Quality Small Car
HE performance qualities of the Erskine Six de luxe Sedan are truly amazing. It will accelerate from 5 to 25 miles per hour in 81⁄2, seconds, climb an 11% gradient in top gear, or travel at 60 miles per hour
you care to go that fast!
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order models. The spacious interior is richly upholstered in broadcloth-broadlace trimmed.
To the safety of a steel body, Studebaker adds the positive control of self-energizing four-wheel braking, Balloon tyres plus a spring base equal to 82 per cent of the wheelbase ensures an unusual degree of riding comfort.
The beauty of this low-swung five seater Sedan, with its four wide doors, reflects the artistry of the master designer of built-to
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See Studebaker's new Erskine Six today, Drive it yourself-and you will have ridden ia your next automobile.
NEW CARS AND ACCESSORIES,
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STUDEBAKER'S
ERSKINE SIX
On
Deducting 1926 registration in- erease, total consumption and 're- placement sales in the United States, it appears that during 1926 registrations of automobiles in the rest of the world increased by 974,960, the total consumption was 1.151.578, and replacement sales were 179,616 units, or 16.5 per cent. of consumption.
con-
Market Index, Many very interesting clusions that may serve as indexes to individual automobile markets are to be arrived at in connexion with the annual world census of motor vehicles sponsored by the automotive division. By adding the! production, if any, and importa to, and subtracting the exports and possible re-exports, it is possible to arrive at the periodic consumption of automobiles in any given cour- try.
Treating of automobiles (passen- ger cars, buses, and trucks) we find that during 1926 the consump tion in the United States totalled 3,936,806 units. The increase in
1925 Over registrations
was 2,086,058. Subsequently, it is seen that whereas this incrense repre- sents 10.4 per cent. advance over. the 1925 registration total, the cars required to replace those which had Rone cut of service, 1,850,838, was 9.2 per cent. of those cars in cir- culation during the year previous. To correct an erroneous statement made in "Commerce Reports," issue of June 27, 47 per cent. of the automobiles consumed in the United States last year replaced cars re- moved from the registration re- cords, while the net registration in- crease represented 53 per cent. of the year's absorption.
Italy Retarded.
The conclusions that result from a similar study of Italy would in- dicate that that market is either insufficiently developed, or that the lower purchasing power of the people has resulted in a momentary slackening of the advance to a higher per capita ownership of automobiles. The consumption of automobiles in Italy totalled 36,258 during 1926. The registration in- crease over 1925 was 23,477 or 20.4 per cent.
Of the cars consumed 12.791 were to replace those in use in 1925 which were not in service in 1926. During the year 35.2 per cent. of the supply was to replace cars out of service, while 54.8 per cent, con- tributed to the. registration in-
crease.
In Canada consumption amount- ed to 143,241 units, while the actual registration increase for the year! 1926 was 112,956, or 15.7 per cent, over the 1925 total of cars regis- tered. About 4.2 per cent., or 30.285, of the cars in use in 1926 had to be replaced. Replacement sales accounted for 21.1 per cent. of the total consumption.
LONG DISTANCE RACE. Speed at Brooklands.
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The twenty-five miles race for the "Gold Star" handicap Brooklands on June 8th proved to be the fastest long-distance event ever run over this famous track. At times lanning at nearly 125 m.p.h., Mr. Kaye Don on a 2-litre the race from Sunbeam WON scratch at an average speed of
1381⁄2 m.p.h. over the whole dia- tance. A great performance by Britain's most famous car.
rangement of the dickey seat. In baker L-head motor. Ratings of both the driver's compartment and the Society of Automotivo En- the dickey sent there is an unusual gincers show this Coupe as the amount of leg room.
world's most powerful Coupe of its
Among the many convenient fea-size and weight-an assurance of tures that distinguish the new the brilliant performance so much coupe's design are a handy compart-to be desired in a smart sport car.
BUICK for -1928-
Our first order for one Model 115-21 4-passenger Dickey Seat Roadster; three Model 115-25 5-passenger Tourings and two Model 128-49 7-passenger Tourings is due to arrive at an, early date. All of the cars in this first shipment have been sold.
Our second shipment of one Model 115-24 4-passenger Roadster and five Model 115-255-passenger Tourings is being disposed of rapidly,
Orders will necessarily have to be filled strictly in rotation.
These current model Buicks are the product of General Motors of Canada, Ltd., being manufactured in Oshawa, Ontario. They bear both the "Maple Leaf" and the "Made in Canada" mark. Delivered prices will be the lowest at which Buick Motor Cars have ever been sold in this territory.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CO., LTD.
Telephones C. 1246 or 1247. 33, Wong Nei Chung Road
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